US deep sea mining plan would likely violate international law
BANGKOK – The Trump administration plan to allow mining of deep sea metals in the Pacific Ocean would unequivocally violate international law, experts said, making...
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US takes step towards deep sea mining in international waters
Updated April 25, 2025, 07.11 a.m. ET BANGKOK – U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to speed development of the deep sea mining...
Effort to combat Southeast Asian haze hit by USAID shutdown
BANGKOK — An initiative to combat air pollution in Southeast Asia has suspended its work following U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden halt to international aid...
Pristine atolls, seas in Marshall Islands get marine sanctuary protection
BANGKOK – The Marshall Islands has designated coral rich waters around two of its remotest Pacific Ocean atolls as a marine sanctuary, hoping to protect...
Elusive large-antlered muntjac likely breeding in Cambodian national park
BANGKOK – Southeast Asia’s elusive large-antlered muntjac deer likely has a foothold in a national park in northeastern Cambodia, researchers said, after a trail camera...
Along the Mekong, fishers and farmers battle a plastics catastrophe
A monsoon storm brewed above Boonrat Chaikeaw as he cast his net into the endless tide of trash in the Mekong River on one day...
Plastic treaty faces hurdles as Russia, Saudi Arabia mire negotiations
BANGKOK, JAKARTA and HONIARA – Oil producers including Russia and Saudi Arabia have slowed negotiations for a plastic pollution treaty to a crawl, dimming chances...
UN climate change case ‘particularly relevant’ following Trump election win: lawyer
An international legal judgment on governments’ obligations to prevent human-driven climate change has become more crucial after Donald Trump’s election victory raised the prospect of...
